Jonas Platt

Jonas Platt (30 June 1769-22 February 1834) was a member of the US House of Representatives (F-NY 9) from 4 March 1799 to 3 March 1801, succeeding John Williams and preceding Benjamin Walker.

Biography
Jonas Platt was born in Poughkeepsie, New York in 1769, the son of Zephaniah Platt, the founder of Plattsburgh. He became a lawyer in 1790 and served as the Herkimer County Clerk from 1791 to 1798, as a member of the US House of Representatives from 1799 to 1801, as a State Senator from 1809 to 1813, and on the New York Supreme Court from 1813 to 1821. He died in 1834.